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121Thorez — /taw rddez /, n. Maurice /maw rddees /, 1900 64, French Communist party leader. * * * …
122Tocantins — /taw kahonn teeonns /, n. a river in E Brazil, flowing N to the Pará River. 1700 mi. (2735 km) long. * * * ▪ state, Brazil inland estado (state) of north central Brazil. Tocantins is bounded by the states of Maranhão and Piauí to the… …
123Tocopilla — /taw kaw pee yah/, n. a seaport in N Chile. 23,140. * * * ▪ Chile city, northern Chile, situated on the Pacific coast. Founded in about 1850, it developed as a shipping point for copper mined inland. Now it is a major port and rail terminus …
124toffee — /taw fee, tof ee/, n. taffy. Also, toffy. * * * …
125toffee-nosed — /taw fee nohzd , tof ee /, adj. Brit. Slang. stuck up; conceited; pretentious: a toffee nosed butler; a toffee nosed shop. [1920 25] * * * …
126Togliatti — /taw lyaht tee/, n. Palmiro /pahl mee rddaw/, 1893 1964, Italian Communist party leader. * * * …
127Togo — /taw gaw/, n. 1. Heihachiro /hay hah chee rddaw/, Marquis 1847 1934, Japanese admiral. 2. Shigenori /shee ge naw rddee/, 1882 1950, Japanese political leader and diplomat. /toh goh/, n. Republic of, an independent country in W Africa: formerly a… …
128Tokugawa — /taw koo gah wah/, n. 1. a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns, 1603 1867. 2. a period of Japanese history under the rule of Tokugawa shoguns, characterized by a samurai ruling class, urbanization, and the growth of a… …
